A Major Update
The Future of Accessible Art History
As many of you know, I will be starting my PhD in education in the fall! I’m so excited for the next step in my academic journey, but it also means that I need to evaluate my priorities to make sure I have enough time and energy to do them properly. My education will be number one, but I still want to continue my work with Accessible Art History. It’s been almost 7 years of creating content to share my love of art and history, I simply don’t want to stop!
But, I know that, with the current posting schedule, it isn’t sustainable going into my PhD. So, instead of stopping entirely, I’m going to make some adjustments so that I can continue this passion project. I know I will need the creative outlet it provides and I don’t want to lose the connections I’ve made in the amazing history community. I think these changes will help me balance everything in this next phase.
Therefore, I’ve made the decision to retire the Accessible Art History YouTube Channel. It will still be up and available to those that want to watch nearly 7 years of videos, but I won’t be posting anything new for the foreseeable future. Instead, Accessible Art History content will be focused on Instagram and Substack.
I made this decision for a few reasons. The first is that I find it easy to express myself and disseminate information through writing versus speaking. Secondly, I’ll be able to batch content much more quickly, meaning that I can spend only a few hours each week creating posts to share. And finally, is the return. YouTube has been great to me, but my video views are quite stagnant. Now, it’s not only about the views, but I don’t have the bandwidth to create a new strategy to make the amount of effort I put into these videos worth it.
Additionally, I’m going to bring in a new kind of content to Substack for paid subscribers. Each week, there will be a paid post on an in depth topic that I would normally have covered on the YouTube channel. Of course, I will still post art of the day posts and one longer post a week that are free to read! That is the point of Accessible Art History, to teach anyone who is curious! (However, any money made from Substack will be used to support my PhD journey, so thank you in advance if you decide to become a paid subscriber!)
Here is the posting schedule:
Monday: Art of the Day & Weekly Wrap Up Substack
Tuesday: Art of the Day
Wednesday: Paid Subscriber Substack Post
Thursday: Art of the Day
Friday: Free Substack Post
Saturday & Sunday: Art of the Day
This is a huge change for me, but I am excited for the future. Accessible Art History has brought me so much joy over the years and connected me with friends from across the world. If you have any ideas for posts you would like to see, please let me know in the comments! As always, thank you for all the support over the years! Here’s to a new era of Accessible Art History!
Good luck with your PhD journey 😁
Best wishes on your PhD!
It sounds like the Accessible Art Academy is also suspended?